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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Heather and I are back together again! Not only are we in the same city crafting, we're in the same house. My two boy's and I have been making ourselves at home for over a week, and it's awesome! And to celebrate, let's have

Fabric Tuesday

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Our dear sweet mother came over Monday afternoon and we both whined for a nap. (We have been staying up til past 1 am crafting almost every night). So she said "Sure." I told her I wouldn't mind if she assembled dinner for us either. When Heather and I were rudely woken from our deep slumber 2 hrs later, our mom had made dinner, cleaned the kitchen, babysat our children, ironed Heather's pile of snowball blocks, cut my binding, and organized Heather's much needed tupperware cupboard. Makes me want to nap again just listing all she did. Heather and I can't accomplish all that in one whole day together! We don't know how we were born from her uterus and not nearly as productive or organized as her!

Heather has a GORGeous quilt to show off today, isn't this a great quilt pattern?

This is the fabric I got from Fresh Squeezed fabrics. It is not my normal color choices at all, but I LOVE it. It is my favorite style of fabrics, vintage and floral. My heart always goes back to those. A couple months ago I posted this tutorial how to make the dutch pinwheel's. I finally got it all together, ready to quilt. I think I am going to attempt to quilt it myself, this would be the largest quilt thus far (scary) but I want to try.

Also, Fresh Squeezed Fabrics is going to do a GIVEAWAY of these great fabrics right here on Quilt Story so you could make one of your own!! Stay tuned.

Here is a photo from the tutorial on how to piece the Dutch pinwheel block. Cute?

Sorry Mother dear for showing my quilt in front of my dead annual flower pots. Yes, I know you told me to move those to the garage. No I obviously didn't, and what is the point now? In no time you will be back over here replanting them for the spring!

FABRIC TUESDAY!

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Link up a recent craft project that uses fabric...if you're new don't be shy! This is for everyone. Click the button to add your link at the bottom and link up a recent blog post where you used fabric to create or enhance something.Below are a few "rules" to play.

Mention us in your post with either a link or make it easy and add the button to your blog sidebar and you won't have to remember each week. ***You can take either our blog or our Fabric Tuesday buttons on the sidebar.***PLEASE READ ME:Most everyone does this, but please actually mention that you are linking up to Quilt Story in your post...even if you have the button on the sidebar there needs to be mention in the post :) We've just seen a couple where we can't see any button or link to us and then we scroll way way down and there's the button...we want to make sure everyone knows so everyone can play! Thank you!!

You don't have to do this to link up, promise. However if you want to follow us, we follow back :) But please comment telling us you did so and we will hop right on over and make sure we're following too!

And how about we each take time to comment on the link just before yours, that's easy enough right? We'd love for this to be a linky party where everyone gets comments, so if you take the time to look, take a second to leave a comment!

***We've been having problems with McLinky since it was changed to a paid subscription...he tried to do some system upgrade and it's been a little crazy. SO if you are not seeing the linky try back a little later. Cross your fingers!!

21 comments:

Hello Heather and Megan! I'm sure you have the best time together and having even you mom with you!This quilt is beautiful - the colours and the simple pattern!Thank you for hosting again Fabric Tuesday!Sunny wishes from Crete! Teje

Hello, lucky ladies! :) I love your blog!!! I am now an 'official' follower, though I have followed in my reader for awhile now! I posted here: http://myfullcolorlife.blogspot.com/2011/02/lets-go-fly-kite.html

Oh no, I'm one of the offenders! I would suggest that you include that blurb in every Fabric Tuesday. I added the button to my sidebar thinking that then I didn't have to remember to include the blurb in each post then. Sorry!

Another frequent lurker here- I originally envisioned the dutch pinwheel blocks on a smaller scale, but I love the size of the finished quilt. So for those of us (okay, me) who are desperately math challenged, how big are your HST's and how big is your quilt finished? I want to go start cutting something asap to make the same quilt! Thanks!

I'm new to quilt, trying to finish my first quilt without a guidance. Actually I'm do with the top and trying to figure it out how to finish the back and the batting. Anyway, I love your quilt, beautiful. And I follow your blog, I could learn more from you.

Go mom! I just popped in from 42 UFOs to see what this linky party is all about and wanted to say: I have trouble with linkys all the time. I often have to click on the actual post before I can see it.